is xinjiang going through something similar xinjiang going through something 5imilaragain?g similar again? it is inconceivable that we talk about this in 2018. history is taking a very strange term and repeating itself. i was born at the height of the cultural revolution in a similar re—education camp. my mother was taken in when 5he camp. my mother was taken in when she was six months pregnant with me and we were released about 45 months after she gave birth to me. dream that period, we both suffered a very difficult time, health issues, daily humiliation, phy5ical difficult time, health issues, daily humiliation, physical and verbal abuses and it's just mind—boggling and hard to believe we are talking about similar situations taking place 47 yea r5 about similar situations taking place 47 years later. what does this mean to you personally? you haven't lived in china since 1995 but have family there. like my fellow uighurs, i have been going through a very difficult time. simply because the chinese government effectively exported its oppression to uighur5 who are living as

xinjiang is a very vast area and includes ethnic uighurs but reporting on the ground in xinjiang justitical re—education camps. the global times, a newspaper with close links to the chinese government, had this to say. i spoke to dr rachel harris, who is an expert on cultural policy in xinjiang. it may not sound very positive, but actually, to hear this topic being actually, to hear this topic being actually discussed in front of the international audience extremely pleasing. we have been watching now four months this kind of shocking escalation of the security measures in xinjiang and up until very recently, just the last few days, there has been no acknowledgement at all from the chinese government that these re—education camps exist. we do actually have very credible, multiple sources of information which do suggest that over 1 multiple sources of information which do suggest that over1 million people are interned in these camps. just tell us what you think exactly is going on here? we talked about the difference between re—education and indoctrination. what do you think the chines

the chinese government is making no apologies for the way it's running xinjiang. un that there has been a major crackdown there in order to rein in violent islamic extremism and those who would separate xinjiang from the rest of china. now, critics of the policy say that a lot of ordinary uighurs are caught up in this very same crackdown. however, the chinese government again says this is not being targeted at any ethnic group and is not designed to, in any way, stop people from practising their normal religious beliefs. earlier i spoke to sarah brooks, an asia specialist for the international service for human rights which is an advocacy group. she was in geneva earlier at the un meeting and explained its importance. what is really important here is the vigor with which the chinese delegation refuted any hint of an allegation that there were detention camps. a lot of correspondence are saying that it is unusual for china to give public explanations on how it deals with the situation in xinjiang. absolutely. it is rare to find a platform like this where the chines

the chinese government is making no apologies for the way it is running xinjiang. the un that there has been a major crackdown there in order to rein in violent islamic extremism and those who would separate xinjiang from the rest of china. critics of the policy, though, say that a lot of ordinary uighurs are being caught up in this very same crackdown. however, the chinese government again says this is not being targeted at any ethnic group and is not designed in any way to stop people from practising their normal religious beliefs. a court in new mexico has heard that a young boy, whose body was found at a compound in the desert, died in a ritual ceremony to cast out demonic spirits. prosecutors say the three—year—old had been trained to use guns to defend the camp. eleven other children and five adults were also found living in squalor in a trailer half—buried in the sand. a large quantity of guns and ammunition were also discovered. five people, including the boy's father have been charged with child abuse. argentina's former president cristina fernandez de kir

the chinese government is making no apologies for the way it is running xinjiang.re has been a major crackdown there has been a major crackdown there in order to rein in violent islamic extremism and those who would separate xinjiang from the rest of china. critics of the policy, though, say that a lot of ordinary uighurs are being caught up in this very same crackdown. however, the chinese government again says this is not being targeted at any ethnic group and is not designed in any way to stop people from practising their normal religious beliefs. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: will same—sex marriage be legalised in cuba? the government is urging the people to share a debate in what was once a taboo topic. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world

group china human rights defenders, more than 20% of all arrests in china last year occurred in xinjiang even though the region makes up less than 2% of china's population. china has rejected the internment camp reports, but an editorial in a state-backed newspaper said today that china's actions in xinjiang has helped the region from becoming china's syria or china's libya. in news from minnesota, outgoing -- nichols missouri said he will allow help. to drones loaded with explosives detonated over maduro as he given ashley televised speech august 4. maduro says hehe believes the plotters of the attack have fled to florida, peru, and columbia. in news from washington, d.c., the white house is looking at ways to legally prevent former staffer omarosa from releasing more audio recordings made boss you was a staffer at the white house. on sunday, "meet the press" aired a recording she made of john kelly firing her inside the west wing. >> we have to talk to you about leaving the white house. it has come to my attention over the last few months that there is been some pretty, in my opinion,

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committee said on friday that it has credible reports of people being detained in secret jails in xinjiang in the northwest china's delegation says the country is clamping down the what it calls terrorists in the semi autonomous region but denies targeting ethnic minorities rights groups say many we have been held without charge . still ahead on al-jazeera a new dawn for pakistani politics as imran khan's government is sworn in. and desperately in need of cancer drugs supplies are running out for patients of gaza's block a. welcome back as we look at weather conditions across asia for northeastern areas you see this cloud coming in across northeastern parts of china and into the far east of russia and a so some heavy rain certainly likely here across north korea you see heading up towards lot of austin and see this circulation here this is a tropical storm lee p. which is moving towards southern parts of japan so by the time you get through into wednesday heavy rain will just be clipping the far south of the country otherwise tokyo maybe the old shower temperatures there in the low thirty'

they cited reports of ethnic uighurs and other musls being held involuntarily in detention camps in xinjiange. we'll look at the plight of the uighurs, later in the program. in syria: there are growing signs that the military may soon attack the country's last opposition enclave. the target is idlib province, and syria's foreign minister says the regime will "go all the way", unless the rebelsde surr in geneva today, the united natiats' syria envoy warned th three million people are in jeopardy. >> while we are aware that efforts and discussions are taking place to avoid the worst- case scenario, one cannot ignore that miscalculations may indeed occur leading to unforeseen escalations and we are all very much concerned. >> woodruff: syria's ally russia announced that it will begin major naval exercises saturday, just off the syrian coast. back in this country: michigan state university said today o's been clearmishandling a d xual abuse scandal. the school relealetter from the n.c.a.a. saying a reviewviound no rules ations. michigan state has denied it cored up for former sports doctor lar n

china says reports it's detaining one million muslim uighurs xinjiang are "completely untrue".